New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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The New Zealand Olympic Committee

New Zealand Olympic Committee

The New Zealand Olympic Committee is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic and the Commonwealth Games....

 was represented by 87 athletes and 29 officials. Flag bearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler David Aspin

David Aspin

David Anthony Aspin , is a wrestler from Waiuku, New Zealand. He competed in the freestyle wrestling discipline, where he was the 1974 Commonwealth Games champion and 1970 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, in the middleweight category...

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In protest at a tour of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 by the All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

 team early in the year, Congo

Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...

's official Jean Claude Ganga led a boycott of 28 African nations as the IOC refused to bar the New Zealand team. Some of the nations (including Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

, Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

 and Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

) had already participated however, as the teams only withdrew after the first day. From Southern and Central Africa, only Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

 and Ivory Coast took part. Both Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 and Guyana

Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

 also opted to join the Congolese-led boycott. For the full list of boycotting countries, see 1976 Summer Olympics#Boycotting countries

Gold

• John Walker
  John Walker (runner)
  Sir John George Walker, KNZM, CBE, is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand.Walker was the first person to run the mile in under 3:50, and won the Olympic Games 1500m in Montreal in 1976....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 1.500m

• Paul Ackerley
  Paul Ackerley
  Paul Douglas Ackerley was a field hockey player from New Zealand. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics, but most sports in New Zealand boycotted the Moscow games so he did not compete...
  
  , Jeff Archibald
  Jeff Archibald
  Jeffery Victor Archibald is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  , Arthur Borren
  Arthur Borren
  Arthur Borren is Dutch-born former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the New Zealand team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  , Alan Chesney, John Christensen
  John Christensen
  John Hansen Christensen is a former field hockey player who was a member of the New Zealand national team that won the gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
  , Greg Dayman
  Greg Dayman
  Gregory John Dayman is a former New Zealand field hockey player who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  , Tony Ineson
  Tony Ineson
  Anthony Braemar "Tony" Ineson is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  , Barry Maister
  Barry Maister
  Barry John Maister is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  , Selwyn Maister
  Selwyn Maister
  Selwyn Gerald Maister is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:**...
  
  , Trevor Manning
  Trevor Manning
  Trevor Wayne Manning is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
  , Alan McIntyre
  Alan McIntyre
  Alan McIntyre is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
  , Arthur Parkin
  Arthur Parkin
  William Arthur Parkin is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  , Mohan Patel
  Mohan Patel
  Mohan Magan Patel is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  , and Ramesh Patel
  Ramesh Patel
  Ramesh Unka Patel is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
   — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

• Trevor Coker
  Trevor Coker
  Trevor Ian Coker was a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals in his career....
  
  , Simon Dickie
  Simon Dickie
  Simon Dickie is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won 3 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Dickie won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Warren Cole...
  
  , Peter Dignan
  Peter Dignan (rower)
  Peter Dignan is a former New Zealand rower. His father later entered the diplomatic corps, and as a result, Dignan spent a lot of time outside of his parents' native New Zealand...
  
  , Athol Earl
  Athol Earl
  Athol "Joe" Earl is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Tony Hurt, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Tony Hurt
  Tony Hurt
  Tony Hurt is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...
  
  , Alex McLean
  Alex McLean
  Alec McLean is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he crewed the eight along with Tony Hurt, Ivan Sutherland, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie .Member of New Zealand rowing eight...
  
  , Dave Rodger
  Dave Rodger
  Dave Rodger is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he was a member of the eight along with Tony Hurt, Ivan Sutherland, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl and Alex McLean and Simon Dickie...
  
  , Ivan Sutherland
  Ivan Sutherland (rower)
  Ivan Carl Sutherland MNZM is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he crewed the eight along Tony Hurt, Alex McLean, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie...
  
  , and Lindsay Wilson — Rowing, Men's Eights

Athletics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

Men's 800 metres

• John Walker
  John Walker (runner)
  Sir John George Walker, KNZM, CBE, is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand.Walker was the first person to run the mile in under 3:50, and won the Olympic Games 1500m in Montreal in 1976....
  
  
• Heat — 1:47.63
• Semi Final — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Jack Foster
  Jack Foster
  John Charles Foster was a former long-distance runner born in Liverpool, England. He represented New Zealand in the men's marathon at two Summer Olympics of Munich, West Germany and Montreal, Canada...
  
   — 2:17:53 (→ 17th place)

• Kevin Ryan
  Kevin Ryan (athlete)
  Kevin Barry Ryan is a retired male long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Competition

• Murray Cheater
• Rod Dixon
  Rod Dixon
  Rodney Phillip "Rod" Dixon is a former New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, and in 1983 won the prestigious New York City Marathon.-Biography:...
  
  
• Dick Quax
  Dick Quax
  Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax is a New Zealand runner and former world record holder in the 5000 metres. He stood for Parliament with the ACT Party in 1999 and 2002...
  
  
• Euan Robertson

Women's Competition

• Anne Garrett
• Susan Jowett
• Dianne Zorn

Boxing

Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...

Men's Light-Welterweight (64 kg):

• Robert Colley
  Robert Colley
  Robert Charles Colley is a retired boxer from New Zealand who won the bronze medal in the Lightweight division at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in his home town...
  
  
  1. First round — Lost to Valery Limasov (USSR) after referee stopped contest in round three

Men's Welterweight (69 kg):

• David Jackson
  David Jackson (boxer)
  David Charles Jackson was a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he was eliminated in the second round of the Welterweight division at the hands of Valery Rachkov from the Soviet Union...
  
  
  1. First round — Beat Fred Chtioui (Tunisia) after referee stopped contest in round two
  2. Second round — Lost to Valery Rachkov (USSR) on points

Canoeing

Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...

Men's Competition

• Donald Cooper
  Donald Cooper
  Donald "Don" Cooper is a New Zealand sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m and the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event. Four years later in Montreal, Cooper was eliminated in the semifinals...
  
  
• Ian Ferguson
• Rod Gavin
  Rod Gavin
  Rod Gavin is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event and the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event.-References:*...
  
  
• John Leonard
  John Leonard (canoeist)
  John Leonard is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event and the repechages of the K-2 1000 m event.-References:*...
  
  

Cycling

Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Olympic cycling program.-Medal summary:-Medal...

Men's Individual Road Race

• Garry Bell — 4:49:01 (→ 15th place)
• Vern Hanaray
  Vern Hanaray
  Vernon John Hanaray is a former road cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country in the men's individual road race at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1974 and 1978 Commonwealth Games. Hanaray won the 1974 edition of the Archer Grand Prix cycle...
  
   — 5:00:19 (→ 52nd place)
• Jamie Richards — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

• Mike Richards — 9th place

Equestrian

Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The Equestrian Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal included Show Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

Jumping Competition

• Harvey Wilson
• Joe Yorke

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Tied with West Germany (1-1)
• Tied with Spain (1-1)
• Defeated Belgium (2-1)
• Lost to Pakistan (2-4)
• Replay: Defeated Spain (1-0)
• Semi Finals
• Defeated the Netherlands (1-2)
• Final
• Defeated Australia (0-1) → Gold Medal
• Team Roster
• Paul Ackerley
  Paul Ackerley
  Paul Douglas Ackerley was a field hockey player from New Zealand. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics, but most sports in New Zealand boycotted the Moscow games so he did not compete...
  
  
• Jeff Archibald
  Jeff Archibald
  Jeffery Victor Archibald is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  
• Arthur Borren
  Arthur Borren
  Arthur Borren is Dutch-born former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the New Zealand team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• Alan Chesney
• John Christensen
  John Christensen
  John Hansen Christensen is a former field hockey player who was a member of the New Zealand national team that won the gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
  
• Greg Dayman
  Greg Dayman
  Gregory John Dayman is a former New Zealand field hockey player who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• Tony Ineson
  Tony Ineson
  Anthony Braemar "Tony" Ineson is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• Barry Maister
  Barry Maister
  Barry John Maister is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  
• Selwyn Maister
  Selwyn Maister
  Selwyn Gerald Maister is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:**...
  
  
• Trevor Manning
  Trevor Manning
  Trevor Wayne Manning is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
  
• Neil McLeod
  Neil McLeod (field hockey)
  Neil Caradus McLeod is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  
• Alan McIntyre
  Alan McIntyre
  Alan McIntyre is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...
  
  
• Arthur Parkin
  Arthur Parkin
  William Arthur Parkin is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  
• Mohan Patel
  Mohan Patel
  Mohan Magan Patel is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• Ramesh Patel
  Ramesh Patel
  Ramesh Unka Patel is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• Les Wilson
• Head Coach: Ross Gillespie
  Ross Gillespie
  John Ross Gillespie is a former field hockey player from New Zealand. Gillepsie represented New Zealand at the Summer Olympics twice as a player, in 1960 and 1964. He was a member of the coaching staff at the Olympics in 1972 and with the gold medal winning team of 1976.-References:...
  
  

Swimming

Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...

Men's Competition

• John Coutts
• John McConnochie
• Brett Naylor
• Mark Treffers
  Mark Treffers
  Mark Ferdinand Treffers is a former swimming representative from New Zealand who specialised in the freestyle....
  
  

Women's Competition

• Allison Calder
• Lynne Dalzell
• Susan Hunter
• Rebecca Perrott
  Rebecca Perrott
  Rebecca Vivian Mary Perrott is a swimmer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres freestyle at the 1978 Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• Monique Rodahl